Australia's five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe says he does not
regret his failed bid to swim at London 2012.

Twenty-nine-year-old Thorpe launched a comeback in February last year after retiring in November 2006 citing a lack of motivation.

Following on from his success at the AthensOlympicshe had barely been able to compete due to a string of injuries and glandular fever.

However, his comeback dream did not come trueas he missed out on a place in the Australian Olympics team after failing to qualify in the 100 metres and 200m freestyle events at the Olympic trials in March.

Thorpe failed to even make the 100m semi-final at the trials after qualifying in 21st spot while he also missed out on the 100m final, only finishing 12th-fastest in the semis.

Thorpe said he was unprepared for the shock of missing out on the London Games.